Left from the port of Venice the first train of the Fresh Fruit Corridors



From the port of Venice pilot" of the "Fresh Fruit Corridors" that she sees engaged the Harbour Authority of Venice, Venetian shipper VLS Lombardic Srl and the railway operator Rail Austria Cargo in the realization of the first logistic chain for the destined container reefer and the perishable goods to the European markets has left the first train ".

Draft of an intermodal system entirely that melts ship and train together, which co-financed from the European Union (program CEF Transports) with 10 million euros (of which 1,5 million invested to Venice) with the objective to support, to experience and to implement services of fast transport for the produced ones sour-food (alimentary fresh) coming from Israel-Jordan-Palestine.

Yesterday the first 30 are disembarked to Venice container cooled containing coming potatoes from Israel and committees in dock via ship. After the phytosanitary controls and the customs formalities of transit, in the same day they are instradati via railroad and sent to Rotterdam on a train to controlled temperature, that it constitutes the true innovation of the project.

The entire operation of transport from Venice to Rotterdam has carried out in 32 hours having allowed a total saving for the goods of beyond five days regarding the normal travel via ship and guaranteeing a constant monitoring of the way, the temperature and therefore of the cold chain, along all the distance thanks to the innovative system of monitoring from remote.

"The first tries of this project pilot - Andrea Cosentino has explained, general Lombardic manager of Venetian VLS - has been satisfactory, was an important test and all it has worked to duty; in less than eight days train is delivered the fresh produced one from origin to destiny with it uses of the intermodalità ship/, with the constant maintenance of the cold chain and the constant monitoring from remote for all the duration of the transport. The structures of the port of Venice and all the involved parts, are private that public - has added Cosentino - they have demonstrated to know to organize and to carry out in sure times a complex and decidedly innovative operation, and to they go our thanks. Now we are ready for the next travels".

"We were accustomed - it has emphasized the president of the Harbour Authority, Paolo Costa - to receive the trains from Rotterdam. Now we are to send they it goods feeding the European markets of the Europe North from south so as we wish the European Union, a success that he returns us particularly proud".